Daniel 3:29

Daniel 3:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

Context of Daniel 3:29

27And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed upon them. 28ThenNebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessedbe the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a refuse heap: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. 30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 3:29 word by word

וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּי֩ כָל־עַ֨ם אֻמָּ֜ה וְלִשָּׁ֗ן דִּֽי־יֵאמַ֤ר שָׁלוּ֙ עַ֣ל אֱלָהֲה֗וֹן דִּֽי־שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹא הַדָּמִ֣ין יִתְעֲבֵ֔ד וּבַיְתֵ֖הּ נְוָלִ֣י יִשְׁתַּוֵּ֑ה כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י לָ֤א אִיתַי֙ אֱלָ֣ה אָחֳרָ֔ן דִּֽי־יִכֻּ֥ל לְהַצָּלָ֖ה כִּדְנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Iמִן־min · fromH4481
• makeשׂוּםώûm · to set: makeH7761
• decreeטְעֵםţe‛êm · commandH2942
• everyכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5972
• nationאֻמָּה'ûmmâh · peopleH524
• languageלִשָּׁןlishshân · tongueH3961
• speakאֲמַר'ămar · to sayH560
• amissשָׁלוּshâlû shâlûth · neglectH7960
• amissשָׁלָהshâlâh · neglectH7955
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5922
• Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• Shadrachשַׁדְרַךְshadrak · ShadrachH7715
• Meshachמֵישַׁךְmêyshak · MeshachH4336
• Abednegoעֲבֵד נְגוֹ‛ăbêd negô' · AbednegoH5665
• cutעֲבַד‛ăbad · to makeH5648
• piecesהַדָּםhaddâm · pieceH1917
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
• madeשְׁוָהshevâh · be setH7739
• heapנְוָלוּnevâlû nevâlîy · dunghillH5122
• becauseקֳבֵלqebêl qŏbêl · before: becauseH6903
• isאִיתַי'îythay · there isH383
• noלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• otherאׇחֳרָן'ochŏrân · anotherH321
• canיְכִלyekêl yekîyl · be ableH3202
• deliverנְצַלnetsal · to rescueH5338
• thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836

Cross-references for Daniel 3:29

• Daniel 6:26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even to the end.
• Daniel 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well : but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known to me the dream, with the interpretation of it, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a refuse heap.
• Daniel 6:27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
• Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
• Psalms 3:8Salvation belongeth to the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
• Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Commentaries on Daniel 3:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Speak any thing amiss - Though by the decree the king does not oblige the people to worship the true God, yet he obliges them to treat him with reverence.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Therefore I make a decree - Margin, “A decree is made by me.” Chaldee, “And from me a decree is laid down,” or enacted. This Chaldee word (טעם ṭe‛êm ) means, properly, “taste, flavor;” then “judgment,” the power of “discerning” - apparently as of one who can judge of “wine,” etc., by the taste; then the sentence, the decree which is consequent on an act of judging - always retaining the idea that the determination or decree is based on a conception of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-30Verses 28-30 What God did for these his servants, would help to keep the Jews to their religion while in captivity, and to cure them of idolatry. The miracle brought deep convictions on Nebuchadnezzar. But no abiding change then took place in his conduct. He who preserved these pious Jews in the fiery furnace, is able to uphold us in the hour of temptation, and to keep us from falling into sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Nebuchadnezzar's obsession with power might have been fueled by the vision in Daniel 2. This obsession led him to build a golden statue and order everyone in his empire to worship it. He did not understand that God cannot be contained in any created object. The three young Hebrews refused to worship the statue as a god. They remained faithful to the Lord, and the Lord saved them from the king's anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. This decree promulgated throughout the vast empire of Nebuchadnezzar must have tended much to keep the Jews from idolatry in the captivity and thenceforth (Psa 76:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 3:29

• Abed-Nego
• Coercion
• Converts
• Faith
• Meshach
• Miracles
• Mishael

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abed-Nego
• Furnace
• Meshach
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Shadrach
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Canon of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Daniel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings